On Dongyang Ridge, everyone rested on the spot. Dian Wei was ordered to keep an eye on whether there was a movement of nine ** under the ridge, as long as there was no brigade of people to bypass this ridge, then he only needed to stay here to protect Yangquan County.

Someone!

Dian Wei turned his head to look for Xu Chu in the crowd, and said loudly: "Where is the prince?" ”

Xu Chu, who was comforting the wounded, rushed to hear the news, looked at the bottom of the ridge, and saw a horse with dozens of people coming from the bottom of the ridge, and when he got closer, Xu Chu breathed a sigh of relief after seeing it clearly, and said to Dian Wei with a smile: "No need to panic, it's the son who has come back." ”

After being recruited, he dismounted fifty steps away from Xu Chu, hurriedly approached, and saluted: "Prince! ”

Seeing his expression, Xu Chu generally understood that the matter was done, and still asked: "Zijing, how are things going?" ”

Zhao Zhanyan smiled: "Fortunately, I have not failed in my mission!" Then he pointed sideways to the dozens of people who followed behind him, and said, "This is the person sent by Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin to take the prisoners back." ”

Xin Bi, He Zhen, Shi Lu and other officials gathered with Yangquan County officials, and after hearing this, they all bowed to Zhao Zhao, congratulating him on his great achievements for Xu Chu, and his future is limitless.

Xu Chu was overjoyed, and said to everyone: "The Son Sutra is not only loyal and commendable, but its courage does not let my department be the best!" ”

Loyalty and filial piety are commendable, and it is about taking care of the danger and escorting the coffin of his teacher Le Yin back to his hometown for burial with Shi Lu; Boasting of his courage, he naturally refers to the fact that he rode into the enemy camp alone this time.

Among the people, there were people who were puzzled by 'loyalty and filial piety', so they asked Xin Bi, He Zhen, Shi Lu, etc., and after asking, they looked at Zhao and Shi Lugao a few times. Han ruled the country with filial piety, loyalty and filial piety, is the highest standard of virtue to measure a scholar, and Shi Luneng risked death to escort his division back to his hometown for burial when the chaos in Kyoto was over, and it was indeed a rare person of loyalty and filial piety.

In fact, if it weren't for the existence of Xu Chu, if it weren't for Huang Shao's trip to Hanoi County, Zhao Zhao would have become famous because of this incident, and gradually grew into an anti-Hungarian minister in the late Han Dynasty.

I didn't dare to implicate him, but I saw that there were two people in the crowd with very uncomfortable faces.

One is his fellow Shi Lu, and the other is the county lieutenant of Yangquan.

The county lieutenant of Yangquan was uncomfortable, because he had a blood feud with Jiu**, and Shi Lu's discomfort made him a headache. The two of them came to Xu Chu's side at the same time, and after a period of time, it was obvious that Xu Chu was more important to pull the move, and today he made a great contribution, and it is foreseeable that the gap in their status in Xu Chu's mind will be even bigger, and they will compare their hearts with their hearts, and it is no wonder that Shi Lu will be uncomfortable when he sees the lead and makes contributions. But in front of everyone's eyes, the lead can only press this matter first, and it is not good to say something to Shi Lu.

Handed over the injured Jiu** to the people sent by Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, Xu Chu asked: "Did your leader say when he would return to Jiujiang?" ”

A small leader replied: "We will leave in the afternoon, do you have anything to do?" ”

Xu Chu shook his head, "No, you go and say hello to Zhou and Jiang Erjun on my behalf." ”

After the person left, Xu Chu had time to ask the details of the conversation, the memory of the conversation was good, and he almost repeated the original words one by one. I thought that Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin were really men with 'heroism' in their hearts, and I don't know if I would have this blessing in the future to be followed by the two of them. At least judging from the information brought back, because the two of them are both humble people, they have a much better impression than each other's Bo Chen Wen and Zhou Danyang.

But whether there is this blessing or not, we will not know until the end of the discussion.

In the afternoon, the scout reported that Jiu** left by boat, and Xu Chu and everyone returned to the county house. Counting the days, Shu County, Anhui County, Xiang'an and other places should also have information to be sent.

In order not to miss the messenger, Xu Chu stabilized his mind and prepared to stay in Yangquan for two more days, but early the next morning, Xu Shu came on horseback. Escorting Xu Shu to come was the baby-faced tiger guard who had left some impression on Xu Chu when he destroyed the Zhang clan, named Zuo Heng.

This Zuo Heng was originally a citizen of the Changshe Society, not very famous, Guo Jia recruited when he selected the Tiger Guards, trained hard, fought bravely, and his appearance was extremely incongruous, and now he is the commander of the Tiger Guard Battalion.

After seeing the ceremony, everyone sat down in the house, and waited for Xu Shu and Zuo Heng to drink a few sips of hot soup to warm up before Xu Chu asked about the affairs of the county.

Xu Shu said: "Lord, Zhou Taiming deceived people too much! ”

How is it too deceitful, Xu Shu said: More than ten days after Xu Chu left the county, there was an urgent situation from Xiang'an, saying that the soldiers in Chungu County, Danyang County were frequently transferred, and they were sent to Gan Ning and Zhou Yu's departments in Xiang'an County. At the same time, the Lejin and Li Quansuo departments sent to Juchao County also sent messengers to send news, but there were also signs of chaos in Anhui County.

The police in the two counties happened to be the night when Xu Chu found the traces of Jiu**, and the unexpected coincidence of the time of the accident also proved that this was Zhou Xin's deliberate action. Not long after Xu Chu arrived in Lujiang, he was regarded as a political enemy by Zhou Xin before he even had time to say hello, and the latter used this method to plot against Xu Shu because Xu Shu said that Zhou Xin deceived people too much.

In the struggle between counties, the governor will usually mediate in the end, so as not to escalate the situation and cause bad effects. But nowadays, the imperial court has no time to take care of the boundaries of Yangzhou, and secondly, Chen Wen does not have the ability to restrain Zhou Xin and Xu Chu, the two strong counties, and in half a month, things have developed to the point where water and fire are incompatible.

Xin Bi snorted lightly and said: "I have heard the name of Zhou Danyang, the teacher of Chen Fan, the master of the accident, is well-read and knowledgeable, but I don't want to be so ignorant. The people it relies on are nothing more than two points, one is the Danyang soldiers, and the other is that its clan is powerful. However, the incident started for no reason, and finally came to an end. ”

Xu Chu thought it was true, Xin Bi's words sounded empty words and clichés at first glance, and after chewing carefully, it could be seen that he was saying that Zhou Xin was morally untenable. Zhou Xin's teacher Chen Fan was a great Confucian in the world, and before his death, he was also one of the leaders of the 'party' who removed the eunuchs, and was called the 'three gentlemen' along with Dou Wu and Liu Shu. The teacher is the head of the party and the backbone of the eunuchs, and Yuan Shao can be said to be passed down from generation to generation, it stands to reason that Zhou Xin and Xu Chu, who temporarily lives in Yuan Shao Group, should be sympathetic. It's good for him, for the sake of his own ambitions, he will attack Xu Chu regardless of whether he is indiscriminate, let the scholars in Yangzhou think of it, and let Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others who are far away think of it.

Another reason why Xu Chu thought it was true was because he knew that there was no Zhou Xin among the princes who crusaded against Dong Zhuo in history, or that Zhou Xin was not directly involved in this matter. Danyang County, which has produced the world's elite soldiers, only focuses on the border of Yangzhou, which is in a corner of the country, and Zhou Xin's ambitions, to tell the truth, are really far worse than Cao Cao, Bao Xin and others.

But no matter how 'despise' Zhou Xin, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, since they have made a move, Xu Chu has to pay attention to the opponent tactically.

Asked about the specific situation of Anhui County and Xiang'an County, Xu Shu said with a smile: "Xiang'an County is facing Zhou Danyang's county soldiers, Zhou Danyang does not dare to move lightly, and there is no substantive contact with our side at present. On the side of Anhui County, thanks to the good use of the lord's knowledge, Le and Li Erjun immediately rushed to Anhui County with troops from Juchao County after learning of the emergency. ”

Xu Chu took the military newspaper and unfolded it, read it softly. This military newspaper should be a happy statement and edited by others.

"Our troops arrived in Anhui County in the early morning, and the thieves were still dozens of miles away, so they lined up outside the city, and Li Xiaocheng led his troops to detour westward to lure the thief army, and the thief army numbered thousands, and divided the troops into two places for the battle."

Although He Zhen, who was listening, was not familiar with military affairs, he also blurted out when he heard this: "There are many thieves and soldiers, why don't Le and Li Erjun stick to the city, but go out of the city to fight?" ”